The following characters I am against:
Rosalina: Very undeserving of a rep and stands very little chance. I would be vastly disappointed to see her get over Bowser Jr., Paper Mario, or even Toad. It doesn't help that she has limited move set potentials.
Daisy: Would be a clone of Peach. Less clones please.
Waluigi: A spin-off character does not deserve to be playable. The only reason why he has a slight chance is because of his Assist Trophy status. If we get him, it shows that we're out of room for new characters.
Kamek: I have never understood Kamek supporters. He has limited potentials for fighting and I cannot imagine him as a Nintendo All-Star character. Assist Trophy at best.
Captain Syrup/Mona/Ashley: I'm all for good females rep, but it looks as these characters are suggested
for the sake of being females. If we get female reps, they're going to have a lot more reasons then being females and I fail to see why those three would make good characters. IMO, the only good potential female reps we have are Medusa, Palutena, Dixie Kong, Krystal, and maybe Caeda.
Tingle: Not that I hate him, I just think that he is best suited for an Assist Trophy that he is now. ChronoBound's move set that he suggested for Tingle only makes me want him even less and I would not want another character the quality of Pichu. Beside, Sakurai needs to focus on giving Ganondorf and Toon Link unique move sets.
Dark Samus: Would most likely be a clone in some form of Samus. I absolutely cannot believe that Nsiders think Dark Samus would make a good character.
Anthony Higgins: I'd rather have only Samus then have him in. Where is the support coming from?
Waddle Dee: Not significant like Slime and Kirby does not need a fourth rep. The only new character from this series I would like to see from that is Knuckles Joe and his chances are very low. Bandanna Dee isn't any better and I find it ridiculous people think he's likely when he's only appeared in three games (Counting
Kirby Super Stars Ultra for DS).
Prince Fluff: Kirby Epic Yarn should have a stage. It doesn't meant it needs a playable character.
Yarn Kirby: If he gets in, he's going to be a clone of Kirby. I guarantee you this. And beside, we don't need two variations of him.
Any Star Fox Rep aside from Krystal: If Falco and Wolf indicate anything, it's that Star Fox reps are likely to be clones. I'd like for the team to not make excuses as I doubt most Star Fox characters will be unique. The only exception to this rule is Krystal, who is pretty much the series only hope for a fourth rep.
Zoroark: I would tolerate him, but I can't really see what the big deal about him is. So far, there hasn't been an convincing argument to get me to support Zoroark and I feel as most people put him on their roster just because he's likely, not because of fan support. While he wouldn't make a bad character, I would much rather see Victini or Genesect get the 5th gen spot and I would be very disappointed if there was only four Pokemon slot and he hogged the last one.
Ninten: We only needed one rep and that was Ness. Lucas, especially with his semi-clone status, is kind of overdoing it. Two is more then enough for the series, especially since it's dead.
Magnus: Just because he's relevant doesn't mean he deserves to be playable. Honestly, Palutena and Medusa are much more deserving and are more important to the series then Magnus.
Tom Nook: Not suited for fighting in any shape or form. Glad to see that Sakurai downplayed him.
Ryu (Street Fighter): Would make an okay rep, but hasn't he been in enough cross-overs already? Let Mega Man (Preferably Classic) have his turn for SSB4.
Cloud Strife/Sora: Where is all the fan support coming from? They're known for their Sony games and not ones on Nintendo consoles. Cloud has only two brief appearances on Nintendo consoles and Sora's games are better on Sony's systems. These two character don't deserve even a mention on SSB4, if either of them take a slot, I'll be infuriated because it was wasted on such undeserving characters. Unlike Zoroark, at least these guys barely stand a chance.
Call of Duty Man: I laugh my butt off when someone from this thread wanted this. His chances are like next to zero.
@Reyairia: I keep forgetting to say this to you, but about Takamaru, he is the protagonist of
The Mysterious Murasame Castle, a Japanese-only 1986 Famicon title released for the Famicom disk, which never made it outside of Japan. Takamaru has a katana, ninja stars, and magic to help him fight.
Sakurai said that he would consider Takamaru if he appeared in a game of his own. In 2009, he appeared in a remake of the same game in
Samurai Warriors 3 for the Wii. Since remakes apparently count as another game, I would say that he has a very good chance of getting in, especially with high fan demand for him.
Starphoenix said:
The only third party characters I support are Megaman, [Geno], Slime, Professor Layton, and Sonic the Hedgehog/Metal Gear Solids' return. Forgot to throw in Geno, despite my opinion that he isn't very likely I still would enjoy seeing him and not feel the need to vomit like certain others.
Didn't you say you support Chocobo earlier on in this thread? And what do you think of Ryu Hayabusa?
Oasis_S said:
Uh... I guess out of the suggested characters I've seen: Waluigi, Tom Nook, Toad, Dark Samus, Magnus, Travis Touchdown, Laughing Dog, Ninten, and NESS. I guess Palutena too, since Medusa would be so much cooler. >:V
Why do you want Ness out?
Omega said:
Geno: even though he's only been in one game, he is still popular among fans, he was even on
Sakurai's poll, but seeing that Square nor Nintendo hasn't done anything with him, it seems he may have been forgotten by them.
Disagree. Pac-man is one of the most famous video game character ever made whereas Geno has only one major game appearance.
Fatmanonice said:
You know, in light of this whole Operation Rainfall thing, I think Smash fans should do something of their own. With Brawl, most people didn't start sending stuff into Nintendo until the summer of 2006, more than half a year after it started developed but this time around we have a chance to do something before development starts for SSB4 and SB3D. Sakurai has estimated that development will start in October for both games giving us about three months to suggest things before production gets underway.
Now, as for what to ask for, I think we should ask for something pertaining to gameplay or the online features. Asking for particular characters has been done to death and the only characters that people almost unanimously agree with are Little Mac, Ridley, and Megaman (with two of them being extremelly likely as it is). I think the goal for the campaign should be either to suggest gameplay elements that could help with balancing or to suggest features that would optimize the online experience. For this, I would suggest focusing on one with no more then 5 items to ask for. An example for the gameplay category would be to ask for tripping to be removed.
I just wanted to toss this idea out there real quick because I think it would be nice thing for the Smash community to get involved in and its something that both casual and competitive players could get behind. If there's enough support, we can try to make a campaign out of.
I fully support this idea. Most (But not all) of our effort should be towards the online, which is the most harshly criticized part of the game. Five things I would suggest that we push for:
- Minimal to no lags online with connectivity issue kept to a minimal.
- Voice Chat
- Leader/Ranking
- Getting rid of tripping (Not online, but it does hurt Brawl)
- Lobbies
You know, I was thinking of doing similar thing. My idea would be that we would push for one of more of these characters to get in that may need our support: King K. Rool, Ray (Custom Robo), Starfy, and Isaac.
OmegaXVII said:
he mentioned that the roster might not go over 50 characters as well as stages, plus IMO having too many characters would possibly make Sora to screw the balancing, for that reason I believe that Sakurai might not expand on the roster as he did with Brawl, I'm expecting at least 48/49 characters to be included with tranformations.
Once again, he said nothing in regards to not wanting 50 or more characters, just that he didn't want to just do that and call it a day
Reyairia said:
Nope.
FE does not have recurring characters, so I'm sure they're only going to stick to protagonists.
What makes Fire Emblem so different just because it lacks recurring characters? You're basically defeating your own point in "Villains always get in third".
OmegaXVII said:
There might be an exception to that rule, if a character is highly demanded in this case the Black Knight, his chances are definetly improved, I don't why he wouldn't be in if Sakurai got overwhelmed by requests.
What demands he may have gotten for Brawl has been cut by a ton. I only see a few Black Knight supporters for SSB4 now.
Shortiecanbrawl said:
Does anyone else see a 2012 "suprise" at E3? Or, are these three games just not coming out at all? Thoughts?
I think this could mean they are against releasing the game at all. Which is a shame because it's contradicting Nintendo's effort to reclaim the core gamers.
ChronoBound said:
The only characters that I would like to see as newcomers for Smash 4 are Mewtwo, Roy, Ridley, Toad, Little Mac, Mega Man, K. Rool, and Dixie Kong. Other than these characters, there is no one else I want that has a plausible shot of getting in.
Why does Roy have a plausible shot of getting in? His chances are slim at best IMO.
Fatmanonice said:
I suppose it could have a better name but that's the basic idea that I'm going for. One of the first things I would like to talk about is what makes a good online experience? My experience with online games is very limited and I'll like to hear other people's opinions about what other games have done right in that category.
Mario Kart Wii has lagless online play and disconnections are infrequent.
Gran Turismo 5 has lobbies, which I really do enjoy. Games with voice chat usually get it right and it should be extended to at least friends in SSB4.
Mario Kart Wii also does a good job with leaderboards, adding and taking off based on how you place and how many points you have now.
ChronoBound said:
I really enjoy Panel de Pon/Tetris Attack too. It has one of my favorite soundtracks in any video game. However, I think Takamaru is going to get in over Lip unless another katana-user (like Samurai Goroh or Ryu Hayabusa) has higher priority over him.
I also made a Lip moveset of my own. Is anyone interested in seeing it?
- I don't think Samurai Goroh or Ryu Hayabusa getting in will interfere with Takamaru's appearance. Not only does Takamaru has a katana, but also ninja stars and magic. Regardless of whenever or not those two become playable, I see Takamaru getting in over Lip.
- Although I'm personally not going to support her (I'm neutral on her), I will admit that you and Young Horsetail did have good Lip move sets.
kackamee said:
Do people really think Ryu Hayabusa has a chance? Maybe I missed the discussion but can someone explain to me what people are thinking there?
The only third-party character with good chances of getting in is Mega Man, although if a fourth spot opens up, Ryu Hayabusa could get in if Slime is rejected. He's actually my 2nd most wanted 3rd party character next to Mega Man.
As to why Ryu Hayabusa has a chance, half of his games have appeared on Nintendo consoles. Team Ninja and Nintendo have good relationships with each other and there are three upcoming Ninja Gaiden games coming for Nintendo platforms, a Ninja Gaiden game for the 3DS,
Ninja Gaiden 3 for the Wii-U, and an exclusive Ninja Gaiden game for that platform. Half of his games have also appeared on Nintendo platforms, which is more then Snake, who is already in Brawl. I would put his chances at 30%.
ChronoBound said:
Ray's biggest obstacle is the fact that there has not been a new Custom Robo game since 2006. Did Noise (the developer of Custom Robo) simply disband? I find it bizarre that no Custom Robo game was made for the Wii despite them already having a perfectly good engine to use for such a game (the one that they used for the GameCube one). Noise has never made a game for a system beyond the power-level of the GameCube, so basically the only platform we can expect a new Custom Robo for would be the 3DS, but again, why wasn't one made for the Wii?
If the Custom Robo series is indeed finished, then I don't think Ray is likely to become playable in Smash 4.
We'll have to see about that. I don't think the series is finished yet, just in hiatus like F-zero. There's also the fact that he's an Assist Trophy and I can see the team going the easy route and upgrading Assist Trophy character with potentials for move sets into playable characters.